Servant Leaders in Action

Mar 2, 2018 | Education

Education is a core program within HEAL’s mission of forming Servant Leaders (Mt. 20:28) among West Africans. Now that the Ministry of Education has certified our school in Akpim village as a center for the Basic Education Certificate Exam (BECE), our teachers must...

A New Exam Center

Jan 26, 2018 | Education, Youth

Taking exams, including standardized tests, has never been my strong suit. But, I always realized how important exams were for advancing to the next level. I remember taking the GRE years ago as a part of my preparation to apply to graduate school. After many long...

Campaign to Educate Our Children

Jun 29, 2017 | Education

Quality education is more of a luxury in Nigeria than an available necessity.  I wrote recently about how concern for day-to-day survival can diminish the importance of education in the minds of subsistence farming families.  This is one of the main challenges to...

Challenges in Educating Servant Leaders

Jun 15, 2017 | Education, Projects

“Up and at ’em!”, my mom used to shout to me and my brothers every morning.   She would have our brown paper bag lunch ready and off we’d walk to Our Lady of Loretto school in Hometown, Illinois.   That same spirit that woke us up in the morning to go to school...

A Child Prodigy!

Mar 26, 2015 | Education, Youth

Franklin Dikenta is a 12-year-old boy, born on July 14, 2002.  His family lives in deplorable poverty in one of the remotest villages of Imo State.  Lacking stable employment, Franklin’s father earned money by transporting people on his motorbike. His mother worked by...